In some ways I want to study at uni because there's no other way to get where I want. It could be better doing it the old way, apprenticeship-style, but that ain't how things be now-a-days.
I want to study because I find everything about nursing (well - not completely everything) fascinating. The medical field is very interesting. I have no desire (even if I had the brains for it, which I emphatically don't have) to go into medicine or many areas of health; nursing is the most interesting.
...Well, nursing especially when combined with midwifery. Absolutely fascinating to see the miracles that are born every day.
For the full ramble, read my uni journal.
Uni is a means to an end - to get the skills, experience and general know-how I need to do a job competently. Hopefully I'll pick up some competence and confidence along the way, for that I sorely need, as others could affirm!
I want to study at uni because at least most of my units (at least from what I've seen of the first few at least) look genuinely fascinating. (Argh what a terrible sentence.) I know, I know, they won't all be, but still.
I wish uni could start when school starts.
On the plus side, I have access to textbooks already.